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Wayback MCP. Track Web Content Changes Across Decades

Internet Archive Wayback MCP accesses the world's largest web archive, giving you access to over 800 billion archived web pages spanning decades of internet history. Check a URL's current preservation status, analyze its capture timeline, and find specific content—like images or PDFs—from any year. It lets researchers track content changes, legal teams verify evidence, and developers study how websites evolved.

Wayback MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Wayback MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Wayback MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Wayback MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Wayback MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
Wayback MCP is compatible with VS Code VS Code
Wayback MCP is compatible with JetBrains JetBrains
Wayback MCP is compatible with Vercel Vercel
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Check URL availability

Determine if a specific website address has been archived and get the timestamp of its closest preserved version.

Analyze capture timeline

Find out when a page was first captured or what the most recent snapshot is, giving you clear start and end points for content history.

Filter by resource type

Limit searches to specific file types like PDFs, images, or stylesheets to pinpoint necessary historical assets.

Track status codes

Analyze capture records specifically for HTTP error or success codes (like 404 or 200) across a period of time.

Discover domain footprint

Find all archived subdomains associated with a main website, helping map out an entire organization's historical online presence.

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What AI agents can do with Internet Archive Wayback: 10 Tools for Deep Web Analysis

These tools give your agent specific ways to query the web archive, letting you filter captures by type, time, or status code instead of just viewing a general history overview.

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Get Captures By Mime Type

Finds archived pages filtered by the specific file type, like showing only PDFs or images from a URL's history.

Get Captures By Status

Filters captured records by HTTP status code (e.g., finding all 404 errors across a...

Get Captures By Year

Retrieves all archived snapshots for a specific calendar year, allowing you to...

Get Cdx Captures

Gets a detailed list of every capture record, including the timestamp, MIME type...

Check Availability

Quickly determines if a URL has been archived and returns the date of the closest...

Get Captures Collapsed

Shows unique page captures for a given URL, eliminating redundant entries so you only see distinct versions.

Get Capture Count

Calculates and returns the total number of times an entire URL has been archived over its history.

Get First Capture

Identifies and retrieves metadata for the earliest preserved version of a URL...

Get Latest Capture

Gets the most recent archived snapshot of a page, giving you the newest recorded...

Get Subdomain Captures

Maps out an entire domain's historical presence by finding all captured subdomains...

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Wayback MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Wayback integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

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Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

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Finding Web History Is a Click-Heavy Nightmare

Today, digging into old website content means opening the Wayback Machine and manually inputting dates. You copy a URL, check one year, then another. If you want to know if an image was posted in 2015, you have to filter by date, then filter by MIME type (image/jpeg), and hope you didn't miss anything. It’s slow, tedious, and easy to misread.

With this MCP, your agent handles the whole process. You tell it, 'Find all JPEG images for X URL between 2015 and 2017.' Your AI client gets back a clean list of data points, complete with timestamps and status codes. The guesswork is gone.

Accessing Web Archive Details with `get_cdx_captures`

Instead of clicking through dozens of different yearly views to piece together a timeline, you run one query. You use the `get_cdx_captures` tool which pulls every available metadata point—the timestamp, status code, file size, and MIME type—into one record set.

Now you have the full picture in plain data. It's not just 'archived.' It tells you *how* it was archived, letting you analyze patterns that were previously hidden behind layers of manual clicking.

What Wayback MCP does for your AI

Need to know what a website looked like five years ago? This MCP connects your AI agent directly to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Instead of guessing or relying on single-point snapshots, you can check a URL's full history—a massive archive spanning over 25 years. Your agent verifies if a page was ever archived and finds its most recent snapshot instantly.

You can dig into granular details: Did they change their logo? Find all JPEG images from 2018. Was the site down on a specific date? Check the HTTP status codes for that year. The power of this data is channeled through Vinkius, making historical web analysis available to any compatible client.

It's ideal for journalists tracking deleted content or developers comparing design iterations over time.

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Frequently asked questions about Wayback MCP

How do I check if a URL was ever on the Internet Archive Wayback using the Internet Archive Wayback MCP? +

You run check_availability with the target URL. This tool immediately tells you if the page has been archived and provides the timestamp of the closest preserved version.

Can I find out when a website was first online using get_first_capture? +

Yes, running get_first_capture gives you the initial metadata for the earliest snapshot available. It includes the timestamp and status code of that very first recorded version.

How do I analyze a domain's full history using get_subdomain_captures? +

Use get_subdomain_captures with the root domain. This tool discovers and lists all associated subdomains that have been captured, letting you map out the entire corporate footprint.

What is the best way to filter for images in a specific year? +

You combine two tools: first, use get_captures_by_year to narrow down the date range. Then, refine that list using get_captures_by_mime_type and specify 'image/jpeg' or similar.

Do I need an API key for Internet Archive Wayback MCP? +

No. This connection is free and public, meaning you don't have to worry about managing credentials; just connect via your preferred AI client.